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August 14, 2014

Sub-Saharan Africa
International Finance: "Somalia is Different"

This is a guest post by Sarah Madden, volunteer intern for the Council on Foreign Relations, Department of Studies. Sarah is currently a student at Santa Clara University studying business economics …

Customers walk out of a Dahabshiil money transfer office in "Kilometer Five" street of Soobe village, southern Mogadishu, May 8, 2013.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell Africa in Transition

February 1, 2010

Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Al-Qaeda’s Financial Pressures

Financial pressures have weakened al-Qaeda’s tactical abilities, but analysts say affiliated networks are finding new ways to raise and spend money, complicating efforts to squeeze a savvy foe.

Backgrounder by Greg Bruno

March 22, 2018

Women and Economic Growth
Access to Financial Services and Women’s Economic Empowerment

  Women’s financial inclusion is positively correlated with economic growth at both the household and global levels. Yet women at the bottom of the pyramid are 28 percent less likely than men to h…

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Event by Rachel B. Vogelstein, Mayra Buvinic, Uzoma Dozie, and Mary Ellen Iskenderian Women and Foreign Policy Program

September 7, 2016

Middle East and North Africa
Fighting the Financing of Terrorism: A Conversation With Bob Casey

Senator Bob Casey discusses ways to counter terrorist financing and facilitation networks as well as his views on authorities the U.S. president should hold to penalize countries that enable terroris…

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Event by Bob Casey and Michael Hirsh

October 17, 2008

International Organizations
The Deep Roots of the Financial Crisis

The Financial Times’ Martin Wolf argues that massive accumulations of currency reserves enabled housing bubbles in developed economies and sparked the current financial crisis. The shakeout, Wolf say…

Interview by Martin Wolf and Lee Hudson Teslik